Portable building



May 19, 1931. H. G. LANGE 1,806,354

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PORTABLE BUILDING Filed Oct. 12, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Inventor A tiomey Patented May 19, 1931 Darren STATES HARRY G. LANGE, F s'r. ELMO, ILLINOIS PORTABLE BUILDING Application filed October 12, 1929. Serial No. 399,258.

This invention relates to portable building structures and has more particular reference to a sectional house of octagonal configuration constructed from ready-cut and readybuilt portable sections.

My principal aim is to generally improve upon structures of this class by providing an arrangement which is characterized by especially designed ready made sections of a form which facilitates assembling, and expeditjes handling in packing, storing, and handling from the factory to the ground on which the house'is to be erected.

'The particular features, advantages and -clivei-sifieduses of this improved construction will become more readily apparent from the following description and drawings.

Que structural improvement is predicated 1 upon the provision of a novel roof structure s made from substantially triangular companion sections which, when assembled, form a substantially truncated pyramidal roof, said roof being advantageous in that it is A made to accommodate a ventilator. Another feature in the construction is the twopart floor composed of substantially semi-octagonal complemental sections. A further feature is found in the employment of substantially rectangular side panels properly braced and provided with dowel pin connectors to facilitate handy erection and assembly. 7

A still further feature is embodied in practical attaching cleats carried by the upper v portion of the side panels and joined to adjacent rafters of the roof section.

Other features in the construction will become more readily apparent from the follow- 7 ing description and drawings: In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of an octagonal house constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same. s Figure 8 is a central vertical section taken approximately on the plane of the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure t is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figures 5 and 6 are detail cross sections on the lines 55 and 66 respectively of Fig ure 2.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one of the dowel pin connectors.

As before stated, the building is octagonal in outline and configuration. Starting then with the floor, it will be observed that it is composed of a pair of duplicate half sections 8 and 9 which are disposed in abutting relationship. These comprise floor boards 10 fastened to appropriately arranged floor joists 11.

Around the margin and projecting to the exterior is a ledge 12 which functions as a water apron as well as a supporting ledge. The adjacent joists, that is the two central joists of the sections 8 and 9 are bolted together as at 13.

The sectional side walls or panels are gen erally designated by the reference characters 1 1 and each one comprises a plurality of abut ting vertical boards 15 joined together in assembled relation by a plurality of horizontally disposed vertically spaced braces. These braces, because of their functional re sults areseparately distinguished in the following manner.

The lowermost brace 16 is spaced upwardly from the lower edges of the board 15 and functions as a rest in that it rests upon the marginal portion of the floor, In addition, it constitutes a mop board. This allows the projecting lower end portion of the boards 15 to seat firmly on the ledge 12 as shown in the assembly of Figure 3.

The intermediate or central brace 17 may well be distinguished as a rail. The top braces which terminate flush with the upper ends of the boards 15, may be defined as roof supporting and attaching bars 18. All of these braces 16, 17 and 18 are provided with alternate socket and dowel pins. The dowel pins are each designated by the reference character 19 and fit into companion sockets in the complementalends of the adjacent braces. This affords an expeditious method of firmly attaching the side panels in joined relationship.

In this connection, I call attention to the fact that the reference character 20 in Figure Gdesignates oneof a plurality of metal attaching and coupling cleats.

portion 21 is fastened firmly" to the-bar The upper end portion is directed laterally The vertical outward and projects above the bar.

The laterally directed upper end portion of each cleat is distinguished by the reference character 22. v i

I now call attention to the construction of the roof. It will be observed that this is of truncated pyramidal configuration and is;

' composed of a plurality ofseparate and in dependent sections denoted by the-reference relatively short transverse rafter The latter rafter is spaced inwardly from the out-V er ends'of the rafters 24 as clearly shown in Figure 6 so that it rests in an inclined position on the upper edge portions oftlie side panels 14. This places itin a position'topen mit the upperend 22 ofthe cleat 20 to be nailed, screwed, or otherwise fastened firmly thereto..

' It will be observed after examining Figure 5 that the adjacent longitudinal rafters are securedtogether by bolts 25-. Moreover, the crown portion of theabutting edges of the respective'roof sections23 are covered by suitable cap forming st'rips'26. This provides a weatherproof roof. 7 V vent lating features comprising The hingedly mounted windows'27 carried by certain of the side panels together with a roof ventilator generally indicated at 28." This ventilator-comprises a neck 29 which fitsinto the roofopening'at the apex portion of-the roof. In addition, there is a collar forming qfiange 30 and an external Water'shedding jtrance."

' This octagonal-house or cottage IS a unique hood 81.- This is shown plainly in Fig. 3.

l 'I might mention also the provision of a suitable door forming an 1 appropriate fenpractical idea'i'n 'portable structures, adaptable to scores ofuse's. Every business or indlvldual who; has need'for a small portable structure will find a cottageof this type ideal them instead of a larger, permanentbuilding;

it will prove economical to erect a number of It functions-as a spacious one-roof cot- ,tage andthe interior'is ample-to acco'inmo date a complete room of furnishings. The

desirablefeatures of ventilating'add to the comfort of'the occupants. "There are many other commercial features. and advantages which will beevident to those skilled inthe art to which the invention relates. Likewise it is thought that byconsidering the demetrical half sections disposed in abutting relation, a marginalledge at the peripheral portion of the floor and projecting outwardly therefrom in a plane below the floor surface, a plurality of separable side walls attached to v and rising perpendicularly from said floor to form an octagonal enclosure, and a sectional roof mounted on said side walls,'said side walls being provided on their inner facesand adjacent the lower ends with mop boards engaged over the outer edge portions of the floor sections and supporting the sidewalls with their lower ends seated upon. the said ledge.

2. A portablebuilding structure comprising, a'wall composed of separable panels'of rectangular configuration arranged to form an octagonal enclosure of unifor' each of saidpanels beingprovided onv its innerface and adjacent its roof supporting ba'r,ja conical roof structure formed of a plurality of triangular roof panels respectively provided on their inner faces with longitudinal side rafters converging at their inner-ends and transverse base rafters between the divergentouter ends of m diameter,-

upper end with a ion the side rafters and spaced inwardly'from the outer end of theroof panels to rest upon the said supporting bar ofa subjacent wall panel, and connecting straps between the supporting bar of a wall panel and the base rafter of the roof panel supported thereon.

31A portable building-comprising a perpendicular enclosing wall; formed of'a series of separably connected rectangular sections including'a door bearing section, one or more window bearing sections, and solid sections relatively disposed in side to side'abutment to form an oc'tagonalenclosure, a roof composed of a series ofseparably connected triangular sections corresponding in number to" the number of rectangular wall sections and arranged above the latterso that each triangular roof section is supported adjacent in every respect; and for a great many uses,

its base on the upper end of arcorresponding wall section so as to extend inwardly'and upwardly therefrom to form in conjunction with the other triangular sections'a conical roof, a'ngle 'brackets connecting the base of each roof section with thesupportingend of inclined above 

